kbrn2002 ADN, RN

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    Feedback appreciated

    kbrn2002 replied to jinct's topic in General Nursing

    While I am disgusted by that, I am sadly not surprised. What do you bet their "investigation" produced no paper trail that could possibly ever come back to bite them in the
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    Nurse Extern to Experienced Nurses: How Do You Deal with Making Mistakes?

    kbrn2002 replied to RNurse2019's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Don't stress the minor mistake of putting on a BP cuff upside down. I'm sure you felt and looked silly enough at the time. Just chalk it up to the stress of being new and overthinking everything. As...
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    When Your Nursing School is Shut Down

    kbrn2002 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Such a shameful situation. So sorry your friend chose to go to one of these schools. Like it's not bad enough that students are usually receiving an at best sub par education at an exorbitant cost...
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    Back Injury for 3 months

    kbrn2002 replied to lelelele's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I've been fortunate to not have to deal with the nightmare that is workman's comp. A few people I work with have had to deal with them following clearly work related injuries and it was a slow and...
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    Perpetually stressed.

    kbrn2002 replied to hazyblue's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I take it from some of the language in your post you are not based in the US. I'm sorry you are having such a rough go of it. It's apparently universal that nurses are treated pretty poorly for people...
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    License Revoked for Ethical Reason

    kbrn2002 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I won't comment on the particulars of your situation as that's a done deal at this point. The first step for you to be reinstated should pretty obviously be reaching out to your BON and asking them...
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    Please Help: Should I Pursue My Passion? Being a Nurse With Bad Anxiety/Depression and more....

    kbrn2002 replied to Amanda J's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    As long as you are comfortable enough physically, mentally and financially to start this journey I say go for it as you sound pretty determined that this is the right path for you. You'll never know...
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    What's the BEST nursing shoes?

    kbrn2002 replied to BigCSN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I used to wear Alegria and occasionally some Dansko's. Then I found Halflinger, not necessarily a nursing shoe but they are the only shoes I've ever worn that I have zero pain after a double. No back,...
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    Looking to invest in new stethoscope

    kbrn2002 replied to Cricket183's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Depends on what you will be using for I suppose. I swear by Littman and do think they are by far the best in the field. I currently use the Cardiology 4. I bought it to replace my Master Cardiology,...
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    Feedback appreciated

    kbrn2002 replied to jinct's topic in General Nursing

    Well that's just all sorts of a crazy situation. Even giving the benefit of the doubt and assuming this other nurse was just trying to help still doesn't explain or justify giving a dose that is...
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    CNAs starting IVs

    kbrn2002 replied to BSMSCCRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I wish our work policy would allow staff other than RN's to access veins. Even LPN's are not allowed to draw blood for labs much less the CNA's. Probably the best stick in the building would be one...
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    Colleague asked me for a Tylenol from my med cart. What to do?

    kbrn2002 replied to FromMNtoCA's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe it is a regional thing? It's perfectly accepted around here. Heck, our DON raided tums off the med carts all the time when she was pregnant. We keep ibuprofen on the carts pretty much for...
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    Rude nurses

    kbrn2002 replied to rnbsn2md's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I suppose that timeline for becoming an MD is possible, but just barely! You would've had to have started college at age 16 while most likely not being able to start a clinical rotation for the...
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    Is this a med error?

    kbrn2002 replied to Beachgirlxo2017's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm agreeing with your preceptor. Not a med error. The initial dose given in the ER was a separate one time order. When the q 6 hr order was received on the floor it was correct to initiate that...
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    University of Nevada, Las Vegas Launches New Nursing Camp for Students

    kbrn2002 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    Way back in the dark ages I took a full semester course in high school called Health Care Careers or something like that. Keep in mind this was probably 1981 or 1982 so I may be off on the exact name....
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    New NCLEX Exam to Replace Nursing Process With An Untested Clinical Judgment Model

    kbrn2002 replied to Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre's topic in Nursing News

    If all the questions were easy and straight forward it wouldn't really be a test that incorporates thinking skills now, would it? If you got to some of those questions that use "trickery" that means...
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    The Weekend of... 7-12 to 7-15-19

    kbrn2002 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I love this and am just imagining the younger crowd rushing to Google these lyrics. Hopefully you'll create a new generation of Tony Orlando and Dawn
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    Does the Doctor-Nurse Game Still Exist?

    kbrn2002 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see that happening where I work at all. More often than I really care for when I call an MD they ask me what orders I would like. There's been a few times I've been like well...you're the...
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    Innumeracy

    kbrn2002 replied to Oldmahubbard's topic in General Nursing

    It's pretty common around here for an MD to order a larger dose of a med from the pharmacy than is actually ordered, typically doubled. For instance if the order is Lasix 20 mg daily the MD will...
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    Ohio Hospital Fires 23 After Fentanyl Overdose Deaths

    kbrn2002 replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    While I have seen very large doses of pain meds given to either long term users that have built up an incredible resistance to their effects over the years and to Hospice patients I have never seen...
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    Positive pre-employment drug screen! What will happen?

    kbrn2002 replied to Pmb's topic in General Nursing

    False positives on a drug screen are sadly not that uncommon. There are many OTC's, foods and supplements that can cause this. Further testing of the affected sample should either confirm or rule...
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    Monster Med Passes

    kbrn2002 replied to Ms_Interpret's topic in General Nursing

    Med pass for 125 people in a shift! Yep, breaks my record by a ton and here I was thinking LTC ratio's were bad! I'd say that's darn near impossible but since you've done it it's obviously
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    What is it like to work in a good hospital?

    kbrn2002 replied to Green Tea, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Sad but true. This affects LTC as well. I've been in the same facility for long enough to have been employed by 4 different entities and each owner change has eroded some benefits while rarely...
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    Nursing job is making me sick ?

    kbrn2002 replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    You are a better person than most if you actually feel in the least bit guilty about leaving this job. Sounds like it's not a great environment in the first place plus since they seem to have a policy...
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    Can I get Fired?

    kbrn2002 replied to Minniegirl0604's topic in General Nursing

    For sure, unemployment doesn't come close to paying the bills. My husband used to be a seasonal worker and collected unemployment the off season. The money helped but if we had to live on it no way we...